Team BKool CycleChat

[Add]

Forgot just what a hateful b*tch this machine is. Stuff doing a handicap for a while. Only did 11 miles, 3/4 of which was downhill, and it was basically 30 minutes of 'shall I bail now....or now....or now....'

 

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I might be back......

 

[bridgy]

I might be back......

The longer you leave it the harder it'll get!

 

[bridgy]

Looks like most of the rides are showing up now

 

[gbrown]

Recordings...

Start - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksuhztvt7f3delw/Bkool Indoor 17_01_17 19_15_51.mp4?dl=0
Finish - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ndx20ydev375l0m/Bkool Indoor 17_01_17 19_36_46.mp4?dl=0

I've got 6 results in showing so far (Bridgy, Lars, Bill, Rod, Bob & SRS), I'm expecting a few more so I'll wait to publish the results... but congratulations to @bridgy on another strong ride, and well done to everyone that took part!

I understand that the elapsed time display was the usual bkool weirdness! I start the ride at bang on the hour, so best to use an accurate watch to gauge Start Time.

Geoff

 

[Add]

The longer you leave it the harder it'll get!

Yeah I know! And DD is looming. At this rate I'll be doing the Fisher Price distance, and probably bailing on that too! Don't think I could walk up the Staircase right now, never mind cycle up it. Looking at eBikes at the moment...could be just the ticket!

 

[Breedon]

Wow @Breedon

. Just shows W/Kg is king when climbing. Superb time up Teide

Cheers, was having problems with signal dropouts so I've got a couple of flat spots in my data, quite frustrating but it's only been this bad once and that was today, quite a nice course a little hard to set a nice pace till around 15-20 miles.
Didn't rush it, nice and steady is the key.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Recordings...

Start - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksuhztvt7f3delw/Bkool Indoor 17_01_17 19_15_51.mp4?dl=0
Finish - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ndx20ydev375l0m/Bkool Indoor 17_01_17 19_36_46.mp4?dl=0

I've got 6 results in showing so far (Bridgy, Lars, Bill, Rod, Bob & SRS), I'm expecting a few more so I'll wait to publish the results... but congratulations to @bridgy on another strong ride, and well done to everyone that took part!

I understand that the elapsed time display was the usual bkool weirdness! I start the ride at bang on the hour, so best to use an accurate watch to gauge Start Time.

Geoff

Watch in x4 for your best entertainment.

 

[bridgy]

Watch in x4 for your best entertainment.

AAAC have you noticed Bkool's only showing 26 seconds of your Handicap ride...?

 

[User269]

There does sometimes seem to be a big delay in rides showing up - then eventually it sorts itself out again. A number of us have just done a ride so let's see what happens.....

Has yours from earlier turned up yet?

Thanks yes, it appeared this morning. Now on my 3rd winter with this, I've never seen this issue before.Bkool also said there was a known bug and hoped it would be fixed within the next few days.

 

[bobinski]

I was looking at my stats for last nights ride on the session summary pagem, you know, the one with map and graphs etc.and tried to copy and past into an email. This is what i got...minus phases and targets that wont show. How do i copy and paste? and is there an easy way to overlay different riders data and the graphs. anyway, interesting that although we cannot see other riders data on screen it shows up in the copy and past.




Distance Total time In motion
Total 29.0Km. 45:48 42:45
Warm up


Main 28.5Km. 42:48 42:45
Cool down 0.5Km. 03:00 02:58


Min. Max. Climb Descent
Slope -7.93% 8.58% 245m. 792m.

Legend In total In motion While climbing Normalized Max. Type
Cadence (rpm)
77 77 74 - 138
Calories (Kcal.)
675 675 379 - 2199
Heart Rate (bpm)
158 158 159 159 176
Power (watt)
241.2 241.3 264.9 253.1 560
Speed (Km/h)
39.9 40 26.3 - 75.5

Phases




p. user trainer time diff. Km/h watt watt/Kg details challenge
1 Bridgy Bkool Smart Pro 00:35:00 - 48.8 345.9 4.4
2 LBHIFI Bkool Smart Pro 00:39:28 00:04:27 43.3 289.6 3.7
3 Bill S Bkool Smart Pro 00:41:22 00:06:21 41.3 226.3 2.9
4 Bobinski Tacx Neo 00:42:48 00:07:47 39.9 241.2 3.2
5 Rod Bkool Smart Pro 00:42:50 00:07:49 39.9 253.5 3.1
6 srs52 Bkool Smart Pro 00:43:38 00:08:37 39.2 230.5 2.8
7 Goldwolfie Bkool Trainer Classic 2 00:46:58 00:11:57 36.4 229.5 2.3
8 AAAC (Team Bkool Smart Pro 00:00:26 NQ 13.5 66.9 0.8
9 BenH Bkool Smart Pro 00:43:26 NQ 31.4 165.1 1.9

 

[bridgy]

I was looking at my stats for last nights ride on the session summary pagem, you know, the one with map and graphs etc.and tried to copy and past into an email. This is what i got...minus phases and targets that wont show. How do i copy and paste? and is there an easy way to overlay different riders data and the graphs. anyway, interesting that although we cannot see other riders data on screen it shows up in the copy and past.




Distance Total time In motion
Total 29.0Km. 45:48 42:45
Warm up


Main 28.5Km. 42:48 42:45
Cool down 0.5Km. 03:00 02:58


Min. Max. Climb Descent
Slope -7.93% 8.58% 245m. 792m.

Legend In total In motion While climbing Normalized Max. Type
Cadence (rpm)
77 77 74 - 138
Calories (Kcal.)
675 675 379 - 2199
Heart Rate (bpm)
158 158 159 159 176
Power (watt)
241.2 241.3 264.9 253.1 560
Speed (Km/h)
39.9 40 26.3 - 75.5

Phases




p. user trainer time diff. Km/h watt watt/Kg details challenge
1 Bridgy Bkool Smart Pro 00:35:00 - 48.8 345.9 4.4
2 LBHIFI Bkool Smart Pro 00:39:28 00:04:27 43.3 289.6 3.7
3 Bill S Bkool Smart Pro 00:41:22 00:06:21 41.3 226.3 2.9
4 Bobinski Tacx Neo 00:42:48 00:07:47 39.9 241.2 3.2
5 Rod Bkool Smart Pro 00:42:50 00:07:49 39.9 253.5 3.1
6 srs52 Bkool Smart Pro 00:43:38 00:08:37 39.2 230.5 2.8
7 Goldwolfie Bkool Trainer Classic 2 00:46:58 00:11:57 36.4 229.5 2.3
8 AAAC (Team Bkool Smart Pro 00:00:26 NQ 13.5 66.9 0.8
9 BenH Bkool Smart Pro 00:43:26 NQ 31.4 165.1 1.9

I don't know what you did to copy and paste that data, but the other riders data is on the screen if you hover over the box on the map with two blue heads. The only way I know to compare different riders graphs is to copy and cut out the graphs as images and paste them one above another. The problem you do get with this though is that Bkool don't always use the same scale for the Y axis on each rider's graph so it can make them appear quite different - a small but very annoying frustration!

A case in point - here's mine and your rides from last night, but note the scale on the Y axis for speed and power is different which can be a bit misleading:

Yours:

Mine:

 

[bobinski]

Bridgy,
Thanks for the tip. I was unaware hovering over the 2 heads revealed that info.
I see what you mean re Y axis-clearly i will have to raise my game.
Its a real shame you cannot overly rides for comparison.
User error obviously but how are you copying and pasting? The graphs wont c&p for me using win 10 at work.

 

[gbrown]

User error obviously but how are you copying and pasting? The graphs wont c&p for me using win 10 at work.

Use the Windows "Snipping Tool" to clip the graph as an image and paste into an application that supports images?

Geoff

 

[gbrown]

The only way I know to compare different riders graphs is to copy and cut out the graphs as images and paste them one above another. The problem you do get with this though is that Bkool don't always use the same scale for the Y axis on each rider's graph so it can make them appear quite different - a small but very annoying frustration!

A case in point - here's mine and your rides from last night, but note the scale on the Y axis for speed and power is different which can be a bit misleading:

Not perfect, I know, but the only thing I could think to do would be to paste one of the graphs into an image manipulation tool (I use the old free version of irfanview) and then resample/resize vertically by the proportion needed to match the other (i.e. 80/100 = 80% or ideally 100/80 = 125%) then copy and paste and they should match fairly well. You would have to ensure it didn't preserve the aspect ratio and that no scaling was done horizontally.

These are the settings I used to resample...

Geoff